Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Mon, 15 Oct 2001 03:14:25 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Mon, 15 Oct 2001 03:14:16 -0400 Received: from carlsberg.amagerkollegiet.dk ([194.182.238.3]:32781 "HELO carlsberg.amagerkollegiet.dk") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Mon, 15 Oct 2001 03:14:11 -0400 Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2001 09:14:37 +0200 (CEST) From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Rasmus_B=F8g_Hansen?= To: "Mehta, Phoram Kirtikumar (UMKC-Student)" cc: , Subject: Re: network device driver In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sun, 14 Oct 2001, Mehta, Phoram Kirtikumar (UMKC-Student) wrote: > 1. how does ifconfig and netstat get teh net statistics, where can i get > the source to that funtion or source file. They are from /proc/net/. > 2. is there any funtion in the network device driver source by accessing > which i can get the packets received or the type of packets. if not can > anybody gimme some tips on how can i write it. You can use a packet filter. > i am trying to write or modify the eth device driver(3c509.c) in such a > way that i can statistics of the traffic and then i also want to > identify teh traffic. in short i want to incorporate a function in my > driver which when acceseed would act as a sniffer/protocol analyzer . > any help or advise will be appreciated. Do it in userspace with packet filters. Look at tcpdump for example code. Rasmus -- -- [ Rasmus 'M?ffe' B?g Hansen ] --------------------------------------- [...] Note that 120 sec is defined in the protocol as the maximum possible RTT. I guess we'll have to use something other than TCP to talk to the University of Mars. --------------------------------- [ moffe at amagerkollegiet dot dk ] -- - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/